Platforms are competitions, and the web is losing. We can do simple, straightforward things to combat that decline...but contemporary frontend isn't doing those things. Why not? A consolidated thread from last week: infrequently.org/2024/10/platform…
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infrequently.orgPlatform Strategy and Its Discontents - Infrequently NotedAlex Russell on browsers, standards, and the process of progress.
@qwik.dev is the only one that can properly eliminate hydration, which is largely to blame for the sluggishness and upfront bloat being dumped onto users. Astro (Islands) is like the middle ground solution, which is an improvement, but why take half measures?
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